Mark7

Mark7 first commenced the jungle/drum'n'bass journey back in 1996 as a bedroom dj. He entered and won a nation wide dj competition on Triple J's mixup program the following year as part of the Australian Loud Festival, the award; to play on nation-wide radio also streamed live across the globe via the j's website. He was soon asked back for an encore performance on Triple J in 99 and has since been a guest presenter on Rollerz and Turbulence, locally on Fresh Fm. In 2000 Mark7 set up an independent local record label - 5158 Records - which has released 10 cd's, with over 30 artists producing over 130 tracks in this time. It was in that year that Mark7 was also nominated in the Lemon Ruski National Dance Music Awards as "Australia's best new dj". Since then he has dj'ed at regular club nights and big rave parties along side the greats in drum'n'bass such as AndyC, Teebee, Bad Company, Pendulum along with the majority of dnb acts touring Australia. Mark has also played several interstate Gig's including Madhatters in Perth & the Lounge in Melbourne. In 2005 Mark7 was awareded with APRA's prestigious "Encouragement Award" and was also awared with 5158's "Most popular local label" at the South Australian Dance Music Awards. Over the 10 years has carried nominations in the most popular dnb dj, most popular local label, most popular local producer and such categories but his real accomplishment will be his forthcoming album "Inspire" is a collection of some of his big productions over recent years. Other signings include Bigdog Records and his collaboration with E-theory, Djon & Skyver remixed & globablly released on the latest Technique Recordings E.P. Radio One in the Uk have rinsed out "Gimme Sumthin" on several programs and it is one of the featured tunes on "Street Technique CD" along with tracks from Simon Bassline Smith, Drumsound, Roni Size, J-Magic & Fresh to name but a few. The South Coast EP is due for release in weeks ahead and features 4 vinyl tracks off of the 5158 Imprint... 2007 was about moving forward and building the foundations - and now - 2008 is about unleashing on the global stage *watch this space* yours intensely Mark7.